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Surakarta administration hunts down absent, smoking civil servants
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Surakarta Mayor FX Rudyatmo (tribunsolo.com/Imam Saputro)
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he Surakarta administration in Central Java made an impromptu inspection Thursday to make sure its civil servants showed up for work after the 10-day collective Idul Fitri holiday concluded.
Mayor FX Hadi “Rudy” Rudyatmo, accompanied by his deputy Achmad Purnomo, went to the offices of several working units after leading a morning ceremony and attending a halal bihalal (post-Ramadhan gathering) at City Hall.
“The inspection is part of [an attempt to instill] discipline among state officials,” Rudy said on Thursday.
Separately, Surakarta city secretary Budi Yulistianto said the administration had formed a joint team to monitor civil servants’ attendance on the first day back at work.
Should an employee be found to be absent, the administration could impose a sanction ranging from cutting allowances to promotion postponement, he went on to say.
Apart from civil servants’ work attendance, several members of the administration’s Community Protection Task Force (Satlinmas) checked for people smoking at City Hall.
The inspection targeted civil servants and regular visitors, as smoking is prohibited in the City Hall compound. People found smoking were told to extinguish their cigarette in a provided ashtray or leave the compound. (kuk/swd)
